Device for supporting tableware



G. BRAIN.

DEVICE FR SUPPORTING TABLEWARE.

APPLICATION H'LEDJUNE11,1919.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEI-GE GEORGE BRAIN, OF NEW CASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN DRESSLER TUNNEL KILNS, INC., 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.; A CORPORATION.

DEVICE FOR STIPPORTING- TABLEWARE.

Application led June 17,

To all whom it may-concern Be it known that I, GEORGE BRAIN, a subject of the Kingdom of Great Britain, residing at New Castle, county of Lawrence, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements Devices for Supporting Tableware, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in'a device for supporting table ware in kilns of the type where the products of combustion are not discharged into the interior of the kiln. In the ordinary type of kiln, where the products of combustion enter the kiln, it is necessary to inclose and support table ware and other articles which are liable to be'injured, in

saggers. By the use of my invention, sag

gers are done away with, and the articles are supported in such la manner as to separate them and expose them to the tempera.- ture of the kiln.

The accompanying drawings will serve to illustrate my invention, in which:

Figure 1 is an elevation of two units otl my improved supporting device.

Fig. 2 isa perspective view of the under side of the upper plate of the supporting de vice.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the supporting device and a plate.

Fig. 4 .is a vertical section through one of the' pillars of the supporting device and separating plug, also showing two of the supporting pins and a portion of a plate in.

elevation.

In the drawings, 5 indicates the bottom n -J n plate ot the trame of the supporting device, which 1s shown as trlangular m Ishape. lt

may, however, be given any shape. Located in the bottom ol the frame plate, are recesses 6, adapted to receive separating plugs 7, which are usually. made of clay and which serve to elevate the bottom frame plate above the support-ing surface 8, upon which the spcification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 9, 1920.

1919. serial` No. sowas.y

supports are carried, as for instance, the bottom of a kiln or the bottom or shelves of a carriage moved throughi the kiln. Projecting vertically upward from the bottom frame plate are pillars 9. Formed in these pillars are recesses 10, which are shown as inclined :from within outward and down- -ward. -They may, however, be disposed horizontally. The recesses 10 are shown as equally spaced; they may, however, be unequally spaced. Situated in the recesses are pins 11 These pins are designed to support plates or other table ware,.generally indicated at 12. Ove'rlying the pillars 9, is a top plate 13. The pillars'9 may be provided with recesses 14 at the top, and thetop plate 13 may be provided with projections 15 which enter the recesses 14., In the use ot' the device, three pins such as 11a are first introduced in the bottom recesses 10. A plate is then placed over the pins, and then subscc.; quent pins' and'plates, until the holder is full. It' desired, a series of supports may be placed one on top of the other, as indi-- cated in Fig. 1.

Having thusdescribed my invention, I lo claim:

1. A supportl for table ware, comprising` a bottom frame plate, removable pins in the bottom of the bottom frame plate, pillars projecting upward from the bottom frame plate provided with recesses, and removable pins in said recesses.

2. A support for table ware, comprising a bottom frame plate, removable pins in the bottom of the bottom frame plate, pillars projecting upward from the bottom frame plate provided with recesses, removable pins in said recesses, and a covering' plate.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signa-turc.

- GEORGE BRAIN.

Witnesses:

PAUL MEEWTY,

JOHN l. LooKHAET. 

